The global publication of record for High Performance Computing / September 24, 2004: Vol. 13, No. 38

Features:

FASTER SYSTEMS NOT ALWAYS BETTER: ENSURING HPC PRODUCTIVITY: by Tim Curns, Editor
Linux Networx, provider of computing systems for high-performance simulation, analysis and modeling, recently spoke to HPCwire regarding the relationship between the productivity and speed of high-end systems.
RADICAL CHANGE MAY NOT BE THE ANSWER: RESPONDING TO THE HEC: A reader takes issue with the High-End Crusader's argument that high- end computing needs a radical programming change from the September 17, 2004 edition of HPCwire (108384).
VIJAY SAMALAM STEPS UP AS SDSC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: by Tim Curns, Editor
The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego announced that Dr. Vijay Samalam has been appointed executive director. HPCwire had a chance to ask Dr. Samalam about his new position and potential responsibilities.
HPC CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO CANADA'S FUTURE: Canada's high-performance computing industry is critical to the health of the country, and more awareness and attention needs to be paid to its development, according to a new survey of industry experts.
INSTITUTES GATHER AT SDSC FOR NSF ALL HANDS GEON MEETING: More than sixty participants representing over 25 institutions gathered at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) in mid-August for the second annual All Hands Meeting of the NSF "Cyberinfrastructure for the Geosciences" project, known as GEON.

Cluster Computing:

CONFERENCE CHAIRS DISCUSS THE IMPORTANCE OF CLUSTERING: by Tim Curns, Editor
HPCwire caught up with the general co-chairs of IEEE's Cluster 2004 Conference Daniel Katz, of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and Henri Casanova, Assistant Research Scientist at SDSC, to ask some questions about the show and cluster computing in general.
PANASAS AWARDED INNOVATIVE TECH AWARD FOR STORAGE CLUSTER: Panasas, Inc., a leader in scalable network storage for Linux clusters, announced that it has been awarded a technology award for its ActiveScale Storage Cluster.
MEIOSYS, HP PROVIDE HIGHER AVAILABILITY FOR HPC CLUSTERS: Meiosys Inc. announced a reseller agreement with HP to provide higher levels of availability and management flexibility of high performance computational clusters.

SUN SEIZES INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP AT NETWORK COMPUTING LAUNCH: Sun Microsystems, Inc. delivered more than 24 new technology innovations at its quarterly Network Computer '04 (NC04Q3) launch.
HUNDREDS OF CUSTOMERS CHOOSE HP SERVERS OVER COMPETITION: HP announced that in the past 18 months more than 200 customers worldwide have chosen HP servers to help improve agility in the datacenter and adapt rapidly to changing business needs.
PATHSCALE EKO COMPILER SUITE ADOPTION ZOOMS UPWARDS: PathScale is fast becoming the number one compiler choice for prominent researchers, scientists and engineers who want to achieve the highest performance from their HPC systems.
MSC.SOFTWARE TO HOST NORTH AMERICAN VPD CONFERENCE: MSC.Software Corp. announced the newest keynote speakers and sponsors for its 2004 North American VPD Conference, scheduled for October 18- 20, 2004 in Huntington Beach, California.
NEC SUPERCOMPUTER BEGINS WORK IN ITALIAN RESEARCH CONSORTIUM: NEC Corporation announced that its vector supercomputer "SX-6" system has started operation in an Italian research organization, interuniversity Consortium for Supercomputing Applications for Universities and Research (CASPUR).

"The field of high performance computing is quite diverse and ... not consistently defined or agreed upon."

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE COMPUTER SCIENCE COMMUNITY

U.S. SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING ENTERS NEW ERA WITH Grid3

Product Watch:: Patriot Sci Offers IGNITE Microprocessor.
Mercury Ships RapidIO Next-Gen Mezzanine Cards.
Financial Update:: UK Gov't Invests £4 Million To Help Women.
NSF Awards $6.75M To Geodynamics Comp Facility.
Enigmatec Secures $6 M Third Round Funding.
Corporate Liaisons:: Boeing, IBM Join For $200 B Market.
Cisco, Decru Team On Storage, SAN Security.
People and Position:: Bush Appoints Bement As NSF Director.
Lab Scientists Win E.O. Lawrence Awards.
ORNL's Delmau Among Top Young Innovators.

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